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Training for CUT Games Intensifies

Sports Page -- Head Coach of the athletic squad, currently preparing for the upcoming Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) games to be hosted in Trinidad this year, Ms Tricia Williams, indicated on Wednesday that training sessions have been…

Sacked Windies Skipper to Play for Glamorgan

Cardiff, Wales CMC -- Former West Indies Test captain Darren Sammy will turn out for Glam organ in the English domestic Twenty20 championship, the Welsh club announced Tuesday. The Windward Islands all-rounder has been cleared by the West…

Brathwaite, Cummins lead HPC demolition

Lucas Sreet, CMC -- Captain Kraigg Brathwaite’s sixth first class hundred and fast bowler Miguel Cummins’s four-wicket haul, helped West Indies High Performance Centre crush Bangladesh A by 351 runs inside three days, in their opening…

Windies tail wags in practice encounter

Cave Hill, CMC -- West Indies tail-enders enjoyed batting practice as their three-day warm-up match against a Barbados Select XI ended in a draw at the 3Ws Oval here Wednesday. Kemar Roach, back in competitive cricket for the first time in…

Jordan stars in crushing victory

Sports Page -- What a weird one-day series this is becoming. The levels of batting collapses are increasing with each match. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 144 at The Oval, England plummeted for 99 in Durham and here the tourists subsided…

Lara to play for MCC v Rest of the World

London, England -- West Indies legend Brian Lara is among the final six players confirmed as a participant in the MCC v Rest of the World Bicentenary match at Lord's on July 5. Lara will play alongside India icon Sachin Tendulkar in an MCC…

Big test for young Jamaican cricketers

Kingston, Jamaica -- Kingston, Jamaica- Some of the countries fringe players will get a chance to impress national coach Junior Bennett when Jamaica take on New Zealand in a two day encounter at the Trelawny Multi Purpose Stadium on May 29…

Knight Riders through to final after Kings XI unravel

Sports Page -- Kolkata Knight Riders eased into the IPL final with their eighth-successive win, beating a listless Kings XI Punjab at Eden Gardens. Robin Uthappa prolonged a stellar season and took the record for the most runs scored by an…

Serena Williams crashes out of French Open, Venus defeated

CNN -- It was deja vu for the Williams sisters at the French Open -- but not in a good way. A mouthwatering third-round clash between seven-time grand slam champion Venus and 17-time major winner Serena was ruled out when the former lost…

Wickets tumble on Day 2 of practice game

Cave Hill, Barbados, (CMC) – West Indies batsmen struggled in the second innings of their three-day warm up match against a Barbados Select XI here Tuesday. They finished the day at 3Ws Oval on 113 for six, with newly appointed captain…

Brathwaites put HPC firmly in control

Lucas Sreet, Barbados, (CMC) – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite was closing in on his sixth first class hundred while seamer Carlos Brathwaite nudged the senior selectors with another incisive display, as West Indies High Performance Centre took…

Gibson welcomes legends to Windies camp

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Head Coach of the West Indies team Ottis Gibson says he is happy to have West Indies cricket legends Sir Garfield Sobers and Sir Curtly Ambrose on board with the team as they continue their preparation camp ahead of…

Sports Director confident that programs are reaping rewards

(Sports Page)— Ag. Director of Sports on Nevis, Jamir Claxton indicated on Tuesday 27th May that the programs that have been implemented by his department, are reaping rewards. This he stated as he pointed to the fact that four young…

Aussies head for Brazil aiming for an upset

(FIFA WEBSITE)-- Veteran Mark Bresciano said Australia plan to "shock the world" as they departed for Brazil to headlines asking: "Will Australia be the worst team at the World Cup?" The inexperienced Australians, the lowest ranked team in…

Brazil anti-World Cup protesters clash with police

(BBC)-- Police in Brazil have fired tear gas at anti-World Cup and indigenous demonstrators in the capital, Brasilia. Stones were hurled at security forces as hundreds of protesters tried to reach the National Stadium – where the golden…